Korea International Trade Association
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The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) (Korean
:무역협회, Hanja
:韓國貿易協會) is a private non-profit organization founded in 1946 with 105 traders as its founding members. It is one of Korea's largest umbrella economic organizations and has more than 65,000 member firms, representing almost the entirety of Korea's international trade community.
KITA’s activities include support for overseas marketing and investment, promotion of international cooperation, provision of trade information and research, training of international trade specialists, and trade related consulting (including arbitration of trade disputes and policy recommendations for the government).
KITA runs the Korea World Trade Center
(KWTC), which includes two large office complexes, the Trade Tower and ASEM Tower. The KWTC includes a number of subsidiaries and affiliates, including the Convention & Exhibition Center (COEX)
, a large exhibition and convention complex. KITA also runs KTNet, an international e-commerce standardization agency.
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
:무역협회, Hanja
Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
:韓國貿易協會) is a private non-profit organization founded in 1946 with 105 traders as its founding members. It is one of Korea's largest umbrella economic organizations and has more than 65,000 member firms, representing almost the entirety of Korea's international trade community.
KITA’s activities include support for overseas marketing and investment, promotion of international cooperation, provision of trade information and research, training of international trade specialists, and trade related consulting (including arbitration of trade disputes and policy recommendations for the government).
KITA runs the Korea World Trade Center
World Trade Center Seoul
The World Trade Center Seoul is a building complex comprising six buildings, and centered around the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center on Teheranno in the Gangnam-gu district of Seoul.- External links :* - Official Website...
(KWTC), which includes two large office complexes, the Trade Tower and ASEM Tower. The KWTC includes a number of subsidiaries and affiliates, including the Convention & Exhibition Center (COEX)
COEX Convention & Exhibition Center
COEX Convention & Exhibition Center in Gangnam district, Seoul, is one of South Korea's largest convention and exhibition centers. It was designed by Larry Oltmanns who was a Design Partner with SOM at the time...
, a large exhibition and convention complex. KITA also runs KTNet, an international e-commerce standardization agency.
Main Activities
- Promotion of international trade and investment
- International trade facilitation
- Trade information and research services
- Education of international trade specialists
Areas of Activity
Business networking and dispatch of trade and investment missions with commerce organizations worldwide- Business matchmaking, including on-line matching services
- Organization of international trade exhibitions and fairs